PERRI LEWIS

Perri Lewis is the co-founder and program director of Mastered, a talent development company who create online accelerators for creative professionals working in fashion. They collaborate with some of the fashion world's most respected individuals and brands. Since launching in 2014 they’ve worked with everyone from Nick Knight to Inez and Vinoodh, Guido to Sam McKnight, Vogue Italia to i-D magazine, Vivienne Westwood to NARS beauty. Over 2,500 creatives from at least 80 different countries have gone through a Mastered program, which gives them the skills, mindset, network and exposure they need to succeed in fashion.

Prior to Mastered, Perri was a commissioning editor at the Guardian and features editor at Psychologies magazine. She also spent five years writing all things craft, which culminated in Material World: The Modern Craft Bible (Ebury). When she's not working, she's trying desperately to find time to make stuff.

LATEST BOOK: MATERIAL WORLD: The Modern Craft Bible

"Perry Lewis brings the world of craft into the 21st Century" - from 'Best Coffee Table Books for Christmas’: Red Online

“Someone give this lady a medal…I simply can’t fault it. Ditch the rubbish and make something from this book for your loved ones.”- The Huffington Post

Throw away the tea cosies, banish any thoughts of gingham:
Craft just got all grown up.

Isn’t it time that making your own clothes and shoes meant your wardrobe looked more Prada than Primark? And that upcycling your furniture meant transforming your home into somewhere stylishly cool and unique and not a third-rate Good Life?

Perri Lewis is here to teach you the new rules of crafting, with interviewsand tips from some of the world’s greatest makers – Lisa Stickley, Rob Ryan and Kaffe Fassett among many more – and projects to get you started.

Friends will cajole, beg and order you to say where you bought that fantastic necklace/pair of shoes/dress. They’ll never believe it when you say you made it yourself.